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Patented Apr. 16, 1940 UITED STATES HAIR CURLER ration of New YorkApplication June 29,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hair curling devices and hasparticular reference to a combination comb and curler. I

An object of the invention is to provide an improved device of simpleand practical construction wherein a member is utilized, in combinationwith a comb, as a mandrel upon which a curl is formed.

Another object is to employ a member which forms a housing for a comband is associated therewith in such manner that said elements will haverelative movements that will permit the comb to be recessed within thehousing and projected therefrom to a position wherein the comb willcooperate with the housing in the formation of a curl.

The above and other objects will appear more clearly from the followingdetailed description when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inventive idea.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the curler device, with the comb housingin one position of adjustment wherein the comb employed in con i;junction with the housing is recessed therein.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the housing adjusted so that a portionof the comb will be projected therefrom into cooperative relation withthe housing to constitute a mandrel about which a strand of hair iscurled.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the device in the position of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 2, and

Figures 6 and '7 are views similar to Figure 5 showing the progressivesteps in the formation of a curl.

Referring more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the numeral 8indicates an ordinary comb from one end of the back of which thereextends a rod generally indicated by the numeral 9. The inner portion Mlof said rod adjacent the comb back is circular in cross section whilethe outer portion ii is flat with the exception of the reduced extremityl2 thereof. Said portion H is provided on opposed edges thereof withrows of comb teeth l3 for a purpose which will later appear.

Associated with the rod 9 is a member M of substantially semi-circularcross section. This member performs the three-fold function of providinga handle for the large comb, a housing for the small comb l3 and amandrel about which 1939, Serial in. 281.761 (01. 132-45) 21. curl isformed. The member or housing M includes the end walls iii and it and anintermediate wall ll, said walls i5 and ll having a bearing on theportion ill of the rod 9 which extends therethrough and the end wall itlikewise having a bearing on the reduced extension E2 of said rod. Theintermediate wall I! divides the housing into two compartments l8 and19, the latter of which is adapted to receive the portion ii of the rodand the teeth l3 which con- '10 stitute the small comb which cooperateswith the housing M in the formation of a curl. By so mounting the memberM on the rod, the two elements are capable of relative rotary movementsand the member M, being slightly shorter than the rod d is also capableof longitudinal movements relative thereto. The portion of the partitionll surrounding the opening through which the rod 9 extends is providedwith a series of four notches 23 equi-distant about said opening and anyone of these notches is adapted to receive a detent 2! formed on anadjacent portion of the rod 8 and as a lateral extension of one of theend teeth it. When said detent is engaged in any one of the saidnotches, relative 5 rotary movements between the rod 9 and the housingHi are prevented. The detent 2! is yield ably held in a notch 2i] bymeans of a spring 22 coiled about the circular portion ill of said rod 9and interposed between the partition I! and a pin 23 which extendstransversely through the portion Ill and abuts the end wall l5 of thehousing. Said end wall I5 is spaced slightly from the adjacent end ofthe comb body 8 so as to permit a sufficient longitudinal movement of 5the housing Hi along the rod 9 and toward said comb 8 to permit thewithdrawal of the detent 2! from the engaged notch, said movement beingagainst the tension of the spring 22. When the detent is so withdrawn, arelative movement between the housing i l and rod 9 may be effectedwhereby said housing may be adjusted from the position of Figure 1 tothat of Figure 2, or vice versa. After being adjusted from one positionto another, the detent H is again aligned with one of the notches 2B anda release of pressure upon the housing M will permit the spring 22 toforce said housing outwardly upon the rod 9, and thereupon engage saiddetent in the aligned notch to releasably retain the housing in its 5adjusted position.

In the position of Figure l, the comb I3 is in inoperative positionwherein it is recessed within the compartment 1 9, as is illustrated inFigure 7,

and the housing I i may then be employed as a handle for manipulatingthe large comb 8. When it is desired to form a curl, a relative movementbetween the housing l4 and rod 9 is efiected as above described, andsaid housing may be adjusted to the position of Figures 2, 4, 5 and 6 inwhich one of the series of comb teeth I3 is projected laterally throughthe open side of the housing l4. The operator may then employ theprojecting teeth l3, as in Figure 5, to initially comb out a strand ofhair 24 and, after this has been done, said strand may be wound aboutthe housing l4 and the comb teeth I3, as shown in Figure 6. With thecurl thus formed about said elements, which then combine to constitute amandrel, the comb I3 is then restored to the position of Figures 1 and 7to free the teeth of the comb from the strand, after which the curl maybe slipped off from the housing M to complete the operation.

90 What is claimed is:

1. In a hain curler, a rod having comb teeth thereon, a housing ofsemi-circular formation in cross section and having a bearing on saidrod for providing relative rotary adjustments between said parts, saidhousing having an open side through which said teeth project in oneposition of adjustment and which receive said teeth therein in anotherposition of adjustment, spaced notches formed in a wall of said housing,and a detent on said rod movable into said notches to releasably retainsaid teeth in their difierent positions of adjustment.

2. In a hair curler, a rod having comb teeth thereon, a housing throughwhich said rod extends, there being relative rotary and longitudinalmovements between said rod and housing and the teeth on said rodcombining with said housing to form a mandrel about which a curl isformed when a relative rotary movement is effected to project said teethfrom said housing, said teeth being also movable into a recessedposition within said housing, notches formed in a wall of said housing,and a detent on said rod movable into said notches during a relativelongitudinal movement between said rod and housing to releasably retainsaid teeth in their projected and recessed positions.

3. In a hair curler, a rod having comb teeth thereon, a housing havingan open side and an intermediate wall through which said rod extends,there being relative rotary and longitudinal movements 'between saidhousing and rod and said teeth being projected from said open side andrecessed within said housing during said rotary movements, notchesformed in said intermediate wall, a detent on said rod movable into andout of said notches when relative longitudinal movements between saidhousing and rod are eifected, and a spring for yieldably maintainingsaid detent within any one of said notches.

FELDE KAPELMAN.

